The Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Sheriff's Office responded to a suspicious death Wednesday, Oct. 9 on Shell Beach Road. / Eagle-Gazette

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Francesca Sacco

The Eagle-Gazette Staff

Scott Farringer, 35, of Reynoldsburg, sits in the Fairfield County Municipal court as he awaits his arraignment on Oct. 11. / Francesca Sacco/Eagle-Gazette

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LANCASTER — A Reynoldsburg man accused of killing his on-again, off-again girlfriend has been indicted on several charges, including murder.

According to an indictment unsealed Monday, Scott Farringer, 35, was indicted by a Fairfield County grand jury on three counts of murder. The felony level was unspecified, but all carry 15 years in prison to life sentences.

Other charges include voluntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony; involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony; two counts of kidnapping, first-degree felonies; felonious assault, a second-degree felony; and abduction, a third-degree felony. He remains in jail on a $1 million bond.

Farringer was arrested at his home Oct. 10, a day after Denise Haught, 35, was found dead in her home on Shell Beach Road. Family members said Haught, a mother of five, and Farringer had been in an on-again, off-again relationship for years and that Farringer was the father of one of Haught’s children.

Denise’s father, Larry Haught, said there were reports of abuse in the past. Fairfield County Sheriff Dave Phalen said his office had been to the home in the past for domestic incidents. Phalen did not believe Farringer was involved in all of the reports.

Fairfield County Prosecutor Gregg Marx said details of Haught’s death will not be made public until a bill of particulars, which outline details of the case, has been filed with the courts. Marx said the bill of particulars will not be filed until next week at the earliest.

A cause of death has been determined, Marx said, but he would not release details. The autopsy was completed Thursday at the Licking County Coroner’s Office.

Haught’s body was discovered about 8:30 a.m. Oct. 9 by a man and a woman, who called 911. On the call, the man indicates that another man was with Haught earlier that morning.

Numerous Fairfield County sheriff’s deputies, Bureau of Criminal Investigation agents and Haught’s family and friends gathered the morning her body was found at the home along the 13000 block of Shell Beach Road that Haught was renting. Two of her children, ages 2 and 4, were in the home when Haught’s body was found. They are now with family members, officials said.